Madza

Posted on Jun 12, 2020

How do you take screenshots?

#discuss #webdev

In the past I've tried different methods from PrintScreen key to Lightshot extension in the browser. Tho, in first way I ended up using image editor to crop, in second - I was limited to browser only.

Since I'm on Win10, lately I use Win+Shift+S shortcut, select the area and image gets saved in Clipboard. If that's enough, I paste it and done. If not - I use PasteIntoFile to create a local image file without any image editor.

Any other methods you would recommend to try, considering quickness, ease of use and image accessibility after the capture?

Top comments (47)

riidom • Jun 12 '20

When I had windows, I used GreenShot. I'm not sure if it's still around though. An important feature is (imo) to quickly upload to imgur or alike. Often I do screenshots to show something to another person.

Nowadays I often see gyazo links, but I don't know it first-hand.

Omar • Jun 12 '20

+1 , I use it also , what I like about it it's that he freeze the image so you can capture hover effect .
If u don't care for hover try the built-in snipping tools , just search for snipping tools in windows search.

Waylon Walker • Jun 12 '20

I use greenshot as well. I set it up to save to a directory and copy to the clipboard automatically, and not open up the editor.

Rob OLeary • Jun 12 '20

+1 for Greenshot

Madza • Jun 12 '20 • Edited

GreenShot still is around and maintained.
Imgur is my go-to service for quick img share, as well :)

Devin Ford • Jun 12 '20

I second greenshot, the quick built in editor is a game changer especially if you need to blur out any sensitivity info on the fly. Lightweight and easy to use, it’s one of the first things I install on any new windows pc.

Ari Kalfus • Jun 12 '20 • Edited

I'm a penetration tester so I need to mark up my screenshots with arrows/text/etc. Snagit is the best for that.

If you just need to take a screenshot of your browser, there's one built into Firefox these days.

For Linux the best is Flameshot.

Jonny Eom • Jun 12 '20

Flameshot is my favorite. I tried so many. I wish it was usable on other OS's

Ari Kalfus • Jun 12 '20

If it wasn't for the fact that Snagit licenses are not subscription-based, I would probably not use it at all for flameshot. Snagit is definitely a cleaner image markup tool but flameshot gets me 80% of what I need.

Damián Cravacuore • Jun 12 '20

Since I'm on linux with Plasma, I really like Spectacle. With some custom shortcuts I can take screenshots of whole screen, current window or to crop a rectangular region option.

riidom • Jun 12 '20

That's currently my preferred choice as well. Important is the feature to delay the screenshot by x seconds, so you can catch a tooltip, open a dropdown menu or alike. I forgot to mention this in my other comment, but beside one-click-uploading, this is a must-have for a screenshot tool.

Nicola • Jun 12 '20 • Edited

On windows, I use WIN SHIFT S which is really useful because you have a different tools for screenshots, for example:

And I use WIN G to capture videos, if you have Xbox game bar is really useful.

Kamil Pawlak • Jun 12 '20

You can even bind PrintScreen key in Settings to automatically open the Win+Shift+S snipping tool 😁

Adam Sawicki • Jun 13 '20

My favorites:

PrintScreen for entire screen or Alt+PrintScreen for active window screenshot copied to clipboard.
Snipping Tool that ships with Windows.
Screenshot feature built-in in the AMD Radeon graphics driver.

Nikola Stojaković • Jun 12 '20

macOS

Full screenshot: Command + Shift + 3
Custom screenshot: Command + Shift + 4 (+ Space if I want to take a screenshot of a window only)

Ubuntu

I use default Screenshot application.

Mauran Muthiah • Jun 13 '20

I discovered Cleanshot X some while ago and tbh it's the best i've ever tried. I've previously been with

Monosnap (it was great, but now they want me to pay monthly just to have the ability to upload to FTP)
Ligthshot (it's fine)

Žane Suhadolnik • Jun 12 '20

If you are on Windows just use the Snipping tool to screenshot a certain section of something, or Print Scrn for a fullscreen shot and then paste it into Paint.

yokotobe • Jun 12 '20

I use this app. It is ready to use if you are using Windows 10
support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/1...

John Munsch • Jun 12 '20

I really like Firefox's abilities to take browser screenshots of just a selected area, the entire visible portion of the page, and the entire page (including that you would have to scroll to see). It's built in and works great.

Fredy Adriano Jimenez Martinez • Jun 12 '20

I use lightshot native app app.prntscr.com/en/index.html

Haden • Jun 12 '20

I can't live without ShareX - it's the most powerful, useful screenshot tool I've ever seen, and I've customized my config since about 2016 and I get the most pixel-perfect screenshots I could want!